12/5/2023 0 Comments Fishing planet california historicHamid said “retribution was swift” in the wake of the protest, with important meetings cancelled after ministers told government officials to cease all engagement with the group. Conservative MPs spoke about the peaceful stunt in the same breath as the murders of the MPs David Amess and Jo Cox. They have carried out such targeted environmental stunts before – at Sunak’s home and previously at David Cameron’s and John Prescott’s houses – but said this time the political response was more aggressive. The organisation said it planned the protest carefully to coincide with the Sunak family’s trip to California when they knew the house would be empty. Last Thursday its activists draped Sunak’s Yorkshire manor house in black fabric to protest against his intention to “max out” the UK’s oil and gas reserves with a new round of licences for intensive North Sea drilling. Greenpeace is the world’s highest profile environmental NGO. Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum said the protest at Sunak’s home had both won and lost supporters for Greenpeace.
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